This is actually a pretty in-depth, darkly funny take on the historical relationship between zoo patrons and captive animals. It gets a little too deep into searching for sociopolitical context for everything, but it's still...
Footage from Nebraska's Lincoln Children's Zoo shows the interior of a kangaroo's pouch along with its developing joey. Remember those kid fantasies you had about hitching an easy ride in a kangaroo's pouch? Might want to...
If you go happen to visit the San Diego Zoo today, you're sure of a big surprise. Twin Bornean bear cubs debuted. Surprise! While waiting to be old enough to go out into the enclosure, mom told them all sorts of stories about...
Sylvester is an 8-week-old tiger cub taken in by vets at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo after his mom abandoned him. Now the vets have an unusual house pet--for now. Once Sylvester grows into those paws, he's going to learn how...
Two meerkats (y'know, like Timon from The Lion King) were born to the Taronga Zoo last month. In this video, they make their public debut, eat delicious mealworms and sing "Hakuna Matata." Okay, joking on that last bit. They...
Last weekend, about 500 Taiwanese children were given a sneak peek of the two pandas donated to Taiwan as a symbol of goodwill from China. Their enclosure cost nine million dollars, but their cuteness is priceless. D'awww,...
In today's vital dose of cute, two leopard cubs make their spotty debut in a Paris zoo. They show off and climb trees until mom makes them stop. Who says animal mothers are different from human moms?
Remember the precious little polar bear Knut that captivated audiences with his teddy-like mannerisms? Now two years old, Knut weighs a whopping 440 pounds and faces eviction from his too-small enclosure. With a massive...
In 2006, a polar bear cub was abandoned by its mother and taken in by the Berlin Zoo. The cub, "Knut," became a media sensation around the world. Sadly, all things grow--especially polar bears--and the zoo claims it can't...
Hippos are among the most dangerous creatures in the world, so get your hugs in now. "Monifa" is about the size of a dog and, being a pygmy hippo, she won't get quite as large or as surly as her non-pygmy counterparts. No...
This video of a baby monkey named Conchita eating an apple slice delivers a dose of "Awwww!" that will last all week. It's enough to make you run to the rainforest and deliver a full-body tackle to the bulldozers.
This monkey uses his mouth like a toilet. It might be totally disgusting, but it keeps his audience entertained. Really, though, who among us doesn't enjoy simian water sports?
This intimate embrace and kiss between a Columbian woman and the lion she rescued is heating up the Internet. No wonder this clip has gone viral, it's shocking to watch this life-threatening carnivore just melt in the arms of...
These two elderly red pandas enjoy playing "seven minutes in heaven." They've lived long happy lives at this Japanese zoo, but things got a whole lot better once they discovered French kissing (aka "snogging.") We guess they...